New version of AVG now also available as free version

(Ersetze <fuq8ga$4jv$01$1@news.t-online.com>)

http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afe

I hope they don't mind if I provide the deep link.

The program is said to also find suspicious web sites in Google
results, but a cursory check by the publisher heise resulted in quite
old entries. Obviously, the search engine doesn't do any heuristics but
only looks up a database that doesn't keep up with the number of real
infections.


about java script infested sites, see
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001427.html


Gabriele Neukam

Gabriele.Spamfighter.Neukam DeleteThis @t-online.de

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Gabriele Neukam wrote:
> (Ersetze <fuq8ga$4jv$01$1@news.t-online.com>)
>
> http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afe
>
> I hope they don't mind if I provide the deep link.
>
> The program is said to also find suspicious web sites in Google results,
> but a cursory check by the publisher heise resulted in quite old
> entries. Obviously, the search engine doesn't do any heuristics but only
> looks up a database that doesn't keep up with the number of real
> infections.
>
>
> about java script infested sites, see
> http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001427.html
>
>
> Gabriele Neukam
>
> Gabriele.Spamfighter.Neukam.DeleteThis@t-online.de
>

I looked at F-Secure, d/l the trial version, read the read-me, and found
it would _detect and automatically uninstall_ any existing anti-malware
program. That IMO is unacceptable.

It would be acceptable to shut down another running program , _after
asking for explicit permission_. But uninstall it? That's arrogance of a
breathtaking kind. This high-handedness make me suspicious of anything
from F-Secure.

--
wolf k.